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1.  Was there for 1981 advisory student vote.  I voted for Gryphons (thought a unique mascot would have been appropriate for Stanford . . . plus, those bad boys are pretty cool looking).

2.  Remember the Robber Barons victory - that occurred when my older siblings were at Stanford.  Always thought the administration could have gone along with the vote and simply referred to Stanford as the Barons (and let the kids have their fun).

3.  There was some discontent on the Indians mascot before it was unilaterally discarded by President Lyman.  The first effort to mollify the Native American groups opposed to the name was to change the look of the formal Stanford mascot.  The 1970 Indian (that had been around a long time) was a cartoon-ish character with a drooping nose and a single feather.  In 1971, the mascot changed to a more dignified profile of a Native American in full head dress.  That was my recollection anyway, and is buttressed by the two Rose Bowl pennants we had in our house for years.  The first (1970) has the cartoon-like character; the second (1971) had the more dignified Indian.  But that more dignified mascot lasted less than one year, as I recall. 

[teejers1]

1.  Was there for 1981 advisory student vote.  I voted for Gryphons (thought a unique mascot would have been appropriate for Stanford . . . plus, those bad boys are pretty cool looking).

2.  Remember the Robber Barons victory - that occurred when my older siblings were at Stanford.  Always thought the administration could have gone along with the vote and simply referred to Stanford as the Barons (and let the kids have their fun).

3.  There was some discontent on the Indians mascot before it was unilaterally discarded by President Lyman.  The first effort to mollify the Native American groups opposed to the name was to change the look of the formal Stanford mascot.  The 1970 Indian (that had been around a long time) was a cartoon-ish character with a drooping nose and a single feather.  In 1971, the mascot changed to a more dignified profile of a Native American in full head dress.  That was my recollection anyway, and is buttressed by the two Rose Bowl pennants we had in our house for years.  The first (1970) has the cartoon-like character; the second (1971) had the more dignified Indian.  But that more dignified mascot lasted less than one year, as I recall.